July 22nd, 2013
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: July 22nd
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include combined vasopressin-epinephrine and methylprednisolone after in-hospital cardiac arrest, avoiding NSAIDs for patients with heart failure, and more.
July 18th, 2013
A Glimpse of the Future of Cardiology, Including Star Wars Holograms
Larry Husten, PHD
Goodbye flat images. Hello holography. Sometime in the not-too-far-distant future cardiologists may work with projected 3D holograms of the heart instead of images on a flat screen. And this is just the beginning of a technology-driven transformation of cardiology. That’s the vision of Mount Sinai’s Partho Sengupta, who delivered a widely praised technology-gone-wild lecture at […]
July 18th, 2013
BNP-Based Screening + Collaborative Care to Prevent Heart Failure?
John Ryan, MD and Kenneth McDonald, MD
Kenneth McDonald discusses findings from the STOP-HF randomized trial of BNP-based screening versus usual primary care for preventing new-onset heart failure.
July 17th, 2013
Stroke Risk Increases with Nonadherence to Antihypertensive Therapy
Larry Husten, PHD
A large new observational study demonstrates that people who don’t take their antihypertensive medications are much more likely to have a stroke. The new study, published in the European Heart Journal, used nationwide prescription, hospital, and mortality records from 73,527 hypertensive patients in Finland. The investigators compared 26,704 patients who were hospitalized for or died of stroke […]
July 17th, 2013
A Surprising ICD Revision
Westby G Fisher, MD, James Fang, MD and Edward J. Schloss, MD
An ICD removed from a 70-year-old man has a startling appearance. Explain what you think happened, and offer your approach for how to care for this patient.
July 16th, 2013
What You Need To Know About Statins
Huseyin Naci, MHS, PhD Candidate, Jasper Brugts, Md phd msc and Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM
The authors of the largest meta-analysis to date on the side effects of statins discuss their findings and weigh the risks and benefits of statins for primary prevention.
July 15th, 2013
No Mortality Benefit for Surgery in Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
Larry Husten, PHD
In the first five years after valve replacement approximately 3-6% of patients will develop prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE). These patients are much more likely to die. Now a large observational study — the first of its type — has found that surgery is no better than medical therapy in reducing mortality in these patients. The report from the ICE-PCD […]
July 15th, 2013
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: July 15th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include the prevalence and extent of obstructive CAD in patients undergoing elective coronary catheterization in NY state and Ontario, medical management after coronary stent implantation, and the Look AHEAD trial.
July 15th, 2013
The Conundrum of Low-Gradient Severe Aortic Stenosis with Preserved LVEF
Thomas Marwick and John Ryan, MD
Thomas Marwick discusses his research group’s study of how patients who have severe aortic stenosis with low gradient and a preserved LV ejection fraction fare after aortic valve replacement.
July 12th, 2013
Medtronic Faces Removal of CoreValve Transcatheter Heart Valve from German Market
Larry Husten, PHD
In the wake of a major patent decision, Medtronic will be forced to remove its CoreValve transcatheter heart valve from the German market. Edwards Lifesciences said today that a German Court had found that Medtronic infringed a key patent, known as the Spenser patent, and granted an injunction prohibiting the sale of CoreValve and CoreValve Evolut systems in Germany. Medtronic said it would appeal […]